Just because state allows local governments and school districts to offer early retirement doesn't mean they should.. Read More
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If there was one position that seemed to transcend partisan politics in New York this year, it was this: Borrowing its way out of a deficit was a bad thing for the state to do. So what's the Legislature's plan? Borrow its way out of the deficit. Read More
It's officially patronage season for Gov. Paterson and his pals. Paterson, with just five months left in his term, is quietly doling out five cushy commissioner posts on the Parole Board — long considered a patronage dumping ground. The five Read More
Rochester, NY – People are constantly calling state senators' offices. They have questions about unemployment, business permits, pot holes. And now, there's an app for that. The New York State Senate rolled out a smartphone app last month. Using Read More
The 33 percent number must have felt like a jolt from a Taser. After all, if the 33 percent can be applied to one set of public employees, why can’t it become the standard for all such workers? There’s no reason why. Indeed, the number h Read More
"Johnny Lungs" is running after more taxpayer dough. Retired FDNY Lt. John McLaughlin -- a triathlete and long-distance runner who competed in marathons after getting a tax-exempt $86,000 disability pension in 2001 -- is trying to score tens of th Read More
An obscure state pension fund committee will gather privately with Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and his staff in a Manhattan conference room, next Monday. The decision they help DiNapoli make that day will either cost state and local governments tens Read More